Judicial Offices (Salaries, &c.) Act 1952

General

5 Judges of Supreme Court, of Court of Session and of Supreme Court of Northern Ireland (pensions)

(1) For the purpose of making a person eligible for a pension—

(a) as a judge of the Supreme Court under section fourteen of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925; or

(b) as a judge of the Court of Session under section one of the Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act, 1808; or

(c) as a judge of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland under section nineteen of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland), 1877;

any previous service of that person in the office of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (including service before the commencement of this Act) shall be deemed equivalent to service in his office as judge.

(2) The Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act, 1950, shall have effect as if in the First Schedule thereto (which sets out the persons affected by the provisions of that Act relating to lump sums and widows' and children's pensions, and specifies in the second column the service which is to be treated as relevant service in relation to those persons), in the entries relating to a judge of the Supreme Court, to a judge of the Court of Session and to a judge of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland, there were in each case inserted, after the word " Service " in the second column, the words " as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary or ".

6 Short title and repeal

(1) This Act may be cited as the Judicial Offices (Salaries, &c.) Act, 1952.

(2) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.